Telegram-herald., 1887-02-09
RANDALL ROBBERS
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| l-5ldA.l a-I 1efe o. " DIS frffAar le.tftt-
associate. toiss addressed ile iQ--e .ls
.e,tsr % Speaker Carlisle.
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" Rsgrs.e.t.tao D1Aa sia-Wo r.srete exc
ceei.urly taat yol rsl.i nor s-e your way
| clear ~ ave recognition 3l yesterday B.
some Democrat o. elaole l.m TO move 80
suspend the rules for tAe purpose of siFing
the House al 0pp0r, lnitv ~ considering tn=
question of the total rop-ai % lhe Natl0la.
revenue TAX ou tooscco.
Iolr refusal % give this recognition
| together with your letter of the sth ,u-
| deserves more Than passing notice. =
| two-tllrds. or more 0t the House were 10
favor OF slcl repeal it was grave responsi-
| blIiy Tor YOU 20 oppose snch isrge nai9fl-
" 81 .ae representative If Tie peop
| AssDinlns however Tor the sake 0i t-e
| argument. that tAe friends oi t1e propose
| t0a constitute a less number thau Two
| thirds, ,hrlT strength IS cerla
slcl .hai they ought 80 have
| beef permitted u test Tie sense OF tle
| House upon the question, especially SINCE
the country Is watchns With Intense inter-
| est the action OF the House ll respec, there
| TO- and the constituents uf large nlme-r
| OF the members Of the House have been
| urging them - obtain II possible a cone
! siderAti0n Of this subject. We So NOT W .sl
| 10 oe misunderstood we earnestly desired.
! from party standpoint that recognition
should have been given 20 Dem 3crat TO
| make the motion Dat We WonI1 vote cheer
| fully for the proposition whether made by
a Democrat or by Republican.
| You assume IN your ietter
To US that We Ignored vOur communication
Of the SO inst. ani had deliberately fai g
10 make a response thereto. Our friends
| did not have aL opportunity of considering
| thai communication until rIday evening
| the stn inst IL was ol such chara eter a.
| 10 require more thIn . forms. reply. we
| called al your hotel the next DIV. Saturday
! but through no fault Of yours or oars we
did not succeed ia obtain n az interview
| until the dsv after.
| We believed that the friends Of the rcpea.
| of the tobacco tax were SO strong .u ile
| House that we would save - TIE oppres- I
| taxpayers OF the country az annual
| reduction of taxation I'D the extent
! Of 32S, 200 If the motion for repeal could
! be made in the HO;se on Monday os this
| week, the latest day whe? such a motion.
20 be elective un !er the raies would be q
order during tie Forty ninth Congress. The
motion. ii made during the las' Six DAYS of
| the session, would almost certainly bee too
| lEte 10 secure favorable CO. sideratlOr for The
| question i'm the Senate.
We did not anticipate refusal OF rec0gn.
| ton for the purpose Intended we under
| stood you 10 say 10 us verbally that = yoG
gave 10 any Oae Of our friends the desired
! recognition, far play ali around would re-
qulre yOu 70 give other Democrats
81 OpportUD.ty - max a ike mo-
ton 10 pass some district proposino.
| having relation u a reduction Of t.~.' du-
ties. To this We assented. You insIouCe s
as one such proposition the putting ~ salt
On the free lis,. We think that revision
OF the tariff and OF the interna. revenue
laws car be obtained from time tg time br
reforming the obvious and greater -risr ane-
Of the two systems. and thst we sn9I.l nos
refuse 20 make such reforms because swee BE-
ing changes have not been practicable The
country "a expecting - Oo,ain ir0w thi-
Congress relief from tie gr.ev0ns burdens cf
/ taxation II some oi as cannot rof
al we want we sh0u take
what We can get. oar single proposition
foI the repeal OF the tax on tobacco was uoi
intenle.. aud cannot fairy be ..T-e1 al.
intenGi1s tu exclude f-qm the consideration
Of the House. "al. otA.- measures f1r She
reduction cf taxation.
We wished to Obtain consideration fot
that prOp4 il0n. bat We were not pressing
for the reduction Of the internal revenue
taxes % other measures for the revision and
reduction % The tart
The Democrat calcus cannot succe ss-
fully deal W.T. tire whole sub zee.
OF revenue reduction At .a-
last stage OF the session fha'
suggestion comes o.. late Ii TIE caucas
could have controlled The legislation OF tAo
| forty ninth Congress FROM She beginning.
the country might nave been mHet better
OF. u the House was considered -3u 1e-
! tent % deal v.t ile silver question " tr
! tle pension Qie.'.l- ard Wita the o.e1rar